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insure the life [of] THOMAS MARTIN SEAMAN.
* * * * * * *
g. Fifty percent (50%) of the disposable mili-
tary retired pay currently being received by
THOMAS MARTIN SEAMAN and a like amount of
disposable military retired pay which THOMAS
MARTIN SEAMAN shall receive in the future.
As of the date on which petitioner’s divorce became effec-
tive, section 1408 of title 10 of the United States Code (title
10) defined the term “disposable retired pay” to which peti-
tioner’s divorce decree and petitioner’s property settlement
agreement referred. That section provided in pertinent part:
§ 1408. Payment of retired or retainer pay in compli-
ance with court orders
(a) In this section:
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(4) “Disposable retired * * * pay” means the total
monthly retired * * * pay to which a member [of an
armed force or a uniformed service] is entitled * * *
less amounts which--
* * * * * * *
(C) are properly withheld for Federal, State,
or local income tax purposes, if the withholding
of such amounts is authorized or required by law
and to the extent such amounts withheld are not
greater than would be authorized if such member
claimed all dependents to which he was entitled;
10 U.S.C. sec. 1408(a)(4)(C) (1982 & Supp. IV 1986).
On November 5, 1990, Congress enacted the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Pub. L. 101-510 (NDA
Act), 104 Stat. 1485. As pertinent here, in the NDA Act, Con-
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